Calculate Your Family's Annual Savings With the Sanders Health Care Calculator

[votesparks]

http://valadian.github.io/SandersHealthcareCalculator/

[randys1]

1. BRILLIANT idea, at the debate what Bernie did NOT do that he needed to do

was be more specific about how LITTLE your taxes go up and how MUCH this plan saves you.

I hope this can get wide circulation so people can understand this.

Only part that I dont understand is it shows my effective tax rate going up but it shows the same withholding

Other than that, in my case it saves me $14,000 and my employer $6,000

I believe that, by the way.

I believe it can be done but requires lots of tweeking as in no more for profit hospitals, physicians who are specialist would have to settle for a little less and GP's need more, etc.

[retrowire]

12. Problem is, on stage you're timed

He has to be slim with explanations on stage. It sucks but, they can cut him off at any moment.

Same reason he can't give a big ass speech about why the democratic socialist label isn't bad. It would take a minute or two at least.

[randys1]

14. He had a 2nd chance to slip in "the average increase in taxes is $600 and overall savings is $2000"

and he didnt.

I knew what he was trying to say because I live politics and the info, but most people dont and would walk away from that with concerns.

Now he has to find out a way to get the info of the calculator out there

[retrowire]

15. I know a way.

Us!

The Political Revolution isn't all about Bernie after all.

[katsy]

2. Great feature!

My family and I would save 4922.

No deductibles?

I'm in deep deep medical debt trying to juggle past bills and new charges. I will probably be left only taking my kids to the dr soon. We pay over 1100 a month but what we can't pay has trashed our credit rating.

Bernie's vision of healthcare is worth a shot. Correct me if I'm dreaming but I think sanders as prez, running into congressional obstruction, may be someone who gets mean, nasty and uses his bully pulpit to scream bloody murder. I don't know if being cordial will be his style. IDK

[ChisolmTrailDem]

16. "...may be someone who gets mean, nasty and uses his bully pulpit to scream bloody murder...

I don't know if being cordial will be his style."

Gosh, I hope so!

[angrychair]

3. Thanks

This is awesome!

[LynnTTT]

4. The problem

is that many people have no idea how much their employer pays for their plan. I have a friend who always had employer provided coverage. When Obamacare came out, she screamed that her insurance never cost her anywhere near $ 7000 for the family coverage she had. I explained to her that at the time, her employer was probably paying 60-70% of the total premium (she is now 68) . Most people have no clue.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. This seems to be only for those who are insured through their employees.

I have mine through Healthcare.gov.

[Matariki]

6. Even if I lost some money it's worth it

Depending on how I calculate it I either save $49 or lose $1700. My employer saves *a lot* since they pay 100% of a very good policy - presumably they would pass some of that back to me. If I count just my $250 deductible I end up paying more, if I count the 10% shared cost up to the $2000 limit then I save a little, depending on whether I use that or not.

HOWEVER none of this matters to me. I make good money and didn't expect huge savings, if any. It's more important to me to live in a society where everyone gets the health care they need. It's shameful that we don't have that already.

It also benefits me personally for a couple reasons:

1: It decouples my health insurance from my employment. If I lose my job, that is one less thing I'd have to worry about.

2: Insurance costs employers more if their workforce is older. This directly or indirectly contributes to age bias. The longer I work, the more likely this is to effect me.

So savings or no savings I am 100% behind Single Payer Universal Healthcare.

[TCJ70]

7. That's pretty cool...

...I did some quick math on my own when the numbers came out and it already looked good for me.

[snooper2]

8. LOL, some real simple math behind that thing. I put in 10 million, you lose almost a million

[Doctor_J]

9. Lots

Not surprisingly.

[Zorra]

10. Works for me! nt

[Luciferous]

11. Over 4,000 a year- that would be great!

[Omaha Steve]

13. Here are our numbers!!!

[AzDar]

17. K & R